The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-27
Notes.

FAY TEMPBEroN is "At Liberty" in
New York.
THE MABrYR is still drawing heavily at
the Madison Square,
JANAUsCHEK HAS resumed her starring
tour in Meg Merrilles.
THE MADISON SQUARE COMPANY are to
be oat this way again.
LEWIS MORRISON writes THE HERALD
that be will be with US next June.
TIE LAURA DAINTY Mountain Pink
Company went to pieces in indianapolis
last week,
The WIFE is filling the Lyceum in
New York. 1t will be out this way
next year.
IT Is undecided whether Harry Dixey
will come to Salt Lake. There is d
hitch in the agreementregarding terms.
ALVIN JosLIN's fine band paradei
yesterday and sent forth some brilliant
strains of military music. They did
not call at the HERALD Office.
Mr.. ABBEY's third attempt since he
took hold of Wallack's Theatre, Rob-
ertson's School, has been tried with no
better luck than Caste met with. He
gave it brilliant setting and a great
cast, but the public simply declined to
accept chestnut. and it will have t. &C
the way Of its predecessors.
VIC. CRosBIE, of old time memory
suddenly sloped from New York last
week, just as he was on the eve 'ot an
pearing in a ne1 piece cal ed Rights
Right. His manager was in sad pre-
dicsment, but nc one to this day
knows the cause OF the fight, except
that to a brother actor the fleeing
| Thespians aid on his honor as IN Elk be
couldn't help it, he had to go.
On ONE of Mr.. Lawrence Barrett's
western circuits the theatre he was
booked to play in was destroyed by fire
so his manager telegraphed to All ad-
joining town for a date. This was the
! answer:
"Will Barrett make a street parade?'
! The manager replied: "Mr. Barrett
plays in tragedy" and received the re-
ply, Don't want him unless he Car
| parade"
Mr.. Barrett did not go.
ROBERT HILLIARD received two weeks
notice from Mrs. Langtry on Tuesday
night. MIR. billiards. position in the
company has been uncomfortable fol
some weeks past. He attributes the
cause of the stars displeasure to the
fact that he was obliged to write let
ter on the morning of that day to Mr.
Fred. Gerhard demanding an explaua-
| tiOA for sundry insults directed at Mrs.
Hilliard and Mrs. Henry E. Dixey By
Gebhard's friends in a BOX at the Har-
lem Theatre on Monday evening. They
ogIed aud annoyed these ladies
throughout the evening. and Mr..
billiard very properly requested an
apology. This was not forthcoming,
but tue demand for his resignation by
Mrs. Langtry was.
THE STRONG scene at the end of act
in The Wife" at the Lyceum Theatre
between Miss CayVap sud Mr.. Miller,
was turned from almost tragic interest
to ridicule one night recently. Nj.
Miller, as Grey, the lover, upbraids the
young wife of the Senator for having
married one whom, he declares, she
does not love. In despair he throws
himself on 3 lounge, on the back of
which hung one of Miss CayVan's
long gloves. The warmth and heavy
pressure caused the kid to stick to his
coat, and when he got up it hung be-
tween his neck and waist. Then, seeing
the bridal wreath she wore, he cried, I
cannot stand it. Take it off! Take it
o ~ The audience began to laugh and
the company had all they could do to
keep their gravity. This was bad
enough, but when he made motion to
tear the wreath off he missed it and the
curtain went down, and not thinking of
a curtain call Miss Cayvan took il
off and throwing it down. isughincly
said, Here, you can have it now "as
the curtain rolled up. The audience
forgot to applaud, and simply reared
with laughter.